Lots of buzz has been spreading about a Suh extension, and I think it's a great idea. I think he should be extended for $8.5-10 million a year, with an ENORMOUS first year salary. We have $4.9 million in space, and that's with Suh's $20 million cap hit. I'm not too educated about cap space, but would it be possible to do this? Sign him for, say, 5 years, $50 million, and pay him every penny of space we have remaining so he only costs $6-7 million for the remaining four years. Again, I know very little of the salary cap, so I don't know how much dead money/etc. would be involved, but is it possible to do something like this after all Mayhew's restructures?

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July 29th, 2013, 3:05 pm

wjb21ndtown

Re: Suh extension?

Shotty wrote:

Lots of buzz has been spreading about a Suh extension, and I think it's a great idea. I think he should be extended for $8.5-10 million a year, with an ENORMOUS first year salary. We have $4.9 million in space, and that's with Suh's $20 million cap hit. I'm not too educated about cap space, but would it be possible to do this? Sign him for, say, 5 years, $50 million, and pay him every penny of space we have remaining so he only costs $6-7 million for the remaining four years. Again, I know very little of the salary cap, so I don't know how much dead money/etc. would be involved, but is it possible to do something like this after all Mayhew's restructures?

IMO it's not a good idea. If you front-load too much of a player's contract, especially a player like Suh, you provide incentive for them to hold out with two years left on the deal and demand another, new, long-term high priced deal. You'll looking at $4.9 million as an incentive to do this, but we should take that money and try to sign a FA somewhere, maybe even a legit #2 WR.

July 29th, 2013, 3:58 pm

Shotty

Millen Draft Pick - Epic Bust

Joined: July 3rd, 2012, 2:06 amPosts: 730

Re: Suh extension?

wjb21ndtown wrote:

Shotty wrote:

Lots of buzz has been spreading about a Suh extension, and I think it's a great idea. I think he should be extended for $8.5-10 million a year, with an ENORMOUS first year salary. We have $4.9 million in space, and that's with Suh's $20 million cap hit. I'm not too educated about cap space, but would it be possible to do this? Sign him for, say, 5 years, $50 million, and pay him every penny of space we have remaining so he only costs $6-7 million for the remaining four years. Again, I know very little of the salary cap, so I don't know how much dead money/etc. would be involved, but is it possible to do something like this after all Mayhew's restructures?

IMO it's not a good idea. If you front-load too much of a player's contract, especially a player like Suh, you provide incentive for them to hold out with two years left on the deal and demand another, new, long-term high priced deal. You'll looking at $4.9 million as an incentive to do this, but we should take that money and try to sign a FA somewhere, maybe even a legit #2 WR.

Good point. Main reason I want to front-load it is because Suh said in a recent interview that he's always open to talk about it, and he hasn't shown that bratty, diva side of most athletes. If you want a #2,Emmanuel Sanders is the only guy who doesn't have a significant injury history, has LOTS of speed, and is improving over time, and I think he'll demand more than $5 million a year after having a big season this year.

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July 29th, 2013, 4:24 pm

Growler

Div 1 - Starter

Joined: April 8th, 2010, 3:24 pmPosts: 570

Re: Suh extension?

The problem with resigning Suh is having so much money tied up at DT. Is DT a position where we want to invest a large amount of salary? I like having Suh on the team, but how much money should one of the top DT's be able to command? How much is a top DT really worth?